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Show BOXER S FRIEND QUIOT JOB Agitation Against Gangsters in Sin Francisco Brings Neglect Charges i SAN FRANCISCO, lec. ll. Sentiment Senti-ment against gangsters accused of attacks at-tacks on young women hen tei indirectly in-directly Friday to the resignation of j ! Prank A. Lawler, secretary of the city playground commission. The ' resignation whs accepted. lawler, who is interested In an ath-! letic club, where some of the accused j m'-n hnd appeared as boxers, offered his resignation, to avoid causing thai 'commission of Mayor Kolph embar-' rassment." Ho denied ih.it he hail attempted the releasi "t Edward Kru-1 VCSky, boxer, and one of the accused men. it developed that Bdmond Murphy. j also a boxer and accused of attack! (on girls, on.,- had applied for appoint-, l ment to the city police force ami thai Lawler bad certified to his good ' charuetcr. A warning that an attempt would he made to gain possession of the five! men held here In connection with th attack:, was received by the police Charges of neglect of duty fur al- ' i leged failure to have reported the istence of dives which harbored alleged al-leged gangster were made to the i chh 1 nf police ...t;iinist four patrolmen. |